New Delhi: The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is back with its fourth edition of ConQuest 4.0 — India’s premiere national quiz on the Indian Constitution, history and politics. The quiz, scheduled to be held in August and September, is part of the organisation’s effort to facilitate a popular constitutional culture among India’s youth.
The contest is open for undergraduate students from across disciplines and will consist of four regional rounds in Bengaluru (10 August), Kolkata (17 August), Pune (23 August) and Delhi (31 August). The teams emerging winners in each city will then face each other in the national finals to fight for the title of ‘ConQuest Champions’. The national finals are scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on 6 September.
Last year, the Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) team had won the championship, while Ramjas College and Campus Law Centre of Delhi University secured the runners-up and second runners-up positions, respectively.
Babu Mathew, former registrar of National Law School of India University, who was the chief guest of last year’s national finals, had also stressed on the need for students to actively engage with the Indian Constitution.
“Our Constitution is so exhaustive and relevant that there is no country in South Asia that has withstood the test of time, like ours has,” he had said.
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Reorienting the youth with constitutional traditions
The need to maintain India’s stature as a liberal democratic nation which adheres to a secular and inclusive Constitution cannot be stressed enough. The quiz is a combined imitative by CLPR and ThePrint to ensure that India’s youth as well as the public continue to find ways to engage with the Constitution in the most rigorous yet enjoyable manner. ThePrint is a digital partner of the event.
In the last three years, ConQuest has become the country’s largest quiz celebrating India’s constitutional history and politics. Over 6,500 students have engaged with the previous editions.
This time though, in an attempt to encourage gender diversity in participation, CLPR has mandated that at least one of the three members in a team must be non-male.
ThePrint is hopeful that such an initiative will help students from different parts of the country and diverse backgrounds to engage critically with the Indian Constitution.
ThePrint is the digital partner for the event.
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